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I quit SSRIs cold turkey once. Don't do that.

Just take it slow. You're fine, you'll be off them eventually. just take 2/3 of your normal dose, then the next week 2/3 of that, etc etc etc until it's barely anything.

Also, no big surprise they didnt help you. I have been on so many SSRIs for major depressive disorder and anxiety but none of them gave me anything but shitty side effects. I'm convinced that big pharma pays people to leave those reviews saying OMG ZOLOFT SAVED MY LIFE EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW because that's just too good to be true.

If you really wanna get in better mental health
>exercise (make sure to lift if you are male)
>clean up diet
>meditate
>get all your vitamins
>shoot down negative thoughts that enter your head, change the subject (i know easier said than done)
>keep a schedule, especially with sleep

Good luck anon.

>>17518054
>Been on few different antidepressants over the past 5-7 years for my social anxiety
Really? That's weird. I thought doctors would only give those out for real things.

>>17518067
Fuck off. I'm not OP but I have social anxiety so bad that I can't go out in public without my armpits turning into waterfalls of unceasing sweat, drenching whatever shirt I'm wearing.

anxiety isn't the same thing as being shy.

>>17518032
finish your education

entire possible but youll be judged, often considered a lesser human being and likely wont be able to afford some things that interest you later
finish school, it wont hurt to have the ability to climb up in the ladder of mcdonalds

>>17518032
I'm now in my 30s and will probably work shitty jobs like fast food or retail until I die, which with any luck, won't be too long after I turn 40.

Get an education and get a real job.

Mental illness is hell.

I don't expect mentally healthy people to understand it because they never will.

>>17517902
I let another chance slip by like a fucking beta idiot. In 4 hours hopefully I'll get a another chance. I don't know what to say to this girl

I have a few guys wanting to date or hook up, I couldn't care less about any of them. The one guy who interests me, and turns me on is completely emotionally and physically unavailable to me. I've spent months thinking about him in every way and its riving me nuts. If he called me now and asked to be poly I'd do it, thats how much I'm in love with him. fuuuuuuuuccccckkk

>>17517815
/fit/ can help you

>>17517815
You are taller than Tom Cruise.

100 Famous Short Men By Height - The Modest Man
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This list of one hundred famous short men includes actors, artists, politicians and athletes. You can even sort by height!

I really have to wonder how whatever /fit/ shitposter it was who came up with this manlet meme feels knowing so many have totally latched onto it.

The fact that she's even maintaining a dialogue with this asshole means she's not your best choice any more. Dump her whore ass and find someone faithful.

If he's saying shit like he wants to whisk her away to other continents, either one or both of them are up to something. How did you come up find out about this?

>>17517807
Big red flag there senpai.

You better have some serious talk with your girl and ask if it would be OK with her if you had a girl friend who kept flirting with you.

Me and with my curent gf.

She's incredibly out of my league, to the point where I sense she doesn't like to be seen loving me/kissing/hugging me because of that, based on how she acts around her friends and when we're alone.

Overall it's a meh experience. I'm feeling like shit but the few moments when she does love me, it's incredibly warm and makes me feel incredibly good and confident about myself.

I was better single all in all though.

>>17517712
lol I think you mean "someone you're attracted to" you fucking idiot. help them get laid and watch your bankroll increase. I do not joke about this.

>>17517717
>to the point where I sense she doesn't like to be seen loving me/kissing/hugging me because of that, based on how she acts around her friends and when we're alone
Why do you think she decided to date you though when she doesn't want to hang out with you in front of her friends?

You can feel free to argue the negative on that.

I think so, at least until they do something to lose that privilege. There's no reason to be an ass to someone for the sake of being an ass.

I disagree with that pic though. Society and the economy changes with every generation and every generation feels like older generations don't understand them. The only difference now is that we live in an age where people can express their opinions a lot more quickly and to a lot more people, which makes older generations think millennials are entitled, and millennials think they're being attacked.

Even my parents say that they had it better than me, with more promising aspirations. Wages have been depressed year after year, house prices are through the roof, rentals are high, student loans you'll be paying off for decades. At my age my parents were buying their first house, without assistance from family. I'm no bum, I'm working as a teacher, same job as my mum, but still struggling to save anywhere near the deposit to put on a house. Many people need vast assistance from family to buy a home, few can earn it entirely off their own back as in decades ago.

Millennials realistically are in a situation where the job market is bad, wages are poor, housing and goods are expensive, transport is costly. And they can't get things like a house of their own to raise a family, unlike generations before. It's not entitlement to base expectations on what generations before you had. Lots of children remain living at home well into adulthood, even if they have a good job, because the cost of living and rentals are so high that moving out makes saving for a deposit on a home an impossibility. That's not what our parents had, it's what our Victorian ancestors had when multiple generations had to share a home.

Wanting a home of your own to start a family is about wanting decency and respect, not being entitled. It's what our parents and those before had opportunity to do, that many now cannot reasonably hope for. It is gas lighting to criticise people for that, older generations are partly responsible for the state of the economy and housing that mean the opportunities they had (affordable housing, free education, good jobs) are closing up.

>>17517218
>She warned me from the start she's a little tomboyish, not at all lovey dovey
It's how she is. You can't change that. If you want someone who shows affection, date someone else.

>>17517218
>tomboyish, not at all lovey dovey
>when we're with friends, she gets downright cold and distant
looks like your friends ran a train on her

>>17517218
FUCKING COMMUNICATE!

Either there is something wrong, which it does not sound like there is any good reason for this to be true, or she is like that in personality. Only talker to HER will help you figure out which of those it is.

You could ask her plain and simple if this is how she is affection wise on a normal basis. But unless she ever acted differently it sounds like her norm.

>>17517117
look at your mom instead. Boner goes away quick

reject the impurities of hell. be a punk, there's nothing more "punk" than having Christian morals because you literally do the opposite of what the world wants you to do. this is the most punk, to want to pleasure yourself like an unmanly weirdo primitive animal, but denying yourself even though the world says "it's n0rmal"

>>17517117
Just keep reminding yourself that cumming only lasts about 5 seconds and no way in hell is that worth a battle in your mind. Do not give it a moments consideration. Bottle that shit up and stand up and go fucking walk somewhere, right now, do it quickly.

google it

Kill yourself.

Put the lotion in the basket

You don't have anything from FAFSA?

>>17516746
FAFSA will cover about $4k, but I can't start the application for the '17-'18 so I'm estimating.

Apply to every scholarship you could think of even ones you don't think you can get. The beauty of scholarships is that you're the only one that applies to it you'll get it. It seems like you're a hs senior so spend a lot of your time working and applying. Do your FAFSA early since you'll get more. Also apply for work study. It's entirely possible just don't fuck around

>go
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where do you live, how far away is the hospital? Can't call a taxi service?

HOSPITAL

if you don't want to call 911 call a taxi

it's important to try to stay calm in the mean time

Crystal Castles aren't punk you retard

>>17516508
Punk hipster grunge edgy artsy whatever


Something as far away from a basic "well adjusted" normie girl as possible

>>17516514
What do you actually do in your free time. Most hobbies have an alt scene you can use to gateway.

You're the best.

>>17512768
Tell her that, then? Girls like compliments.

>>17512772
Why are you so presumptuous about the situation anon?

i feel like shit because of a girl too

your situation outclasses mine by far though

but maybe it will make you feel better to know others are going through similar things at the same time

>>17507791
I can tell you from an educated background:

Breakup is basically heroine withdrawal. I won't go into the details and lose you, just know there are highly addictive social chemicals involved in your pain.

This means two thing; one: it fucking blows, but it will pass. Completely.

Two: Advil actually does help. This is 100% legit, because chemicals.

Also don't drink it away, alcohol is a depressant. If you fill the hole with booze, by the time youre over her you'll be a hollow shell even if it seems to be helping.

It's only emotion. It's how your brain is meant to react in this situation, but it's not constructive or helpful and it will go away in time. I know I'm stating the obvious, but once you understand it and accept it will be easier to control it. Finding something to take your mind off it helps. Start reading a book or playing a game, or maybe practicing a sport to fill in the time you used to spend with her.